are you guys gonna let Ottawa get away with trashing you? : >posted by amberglow at 3:20 PM on February 19, 2005

Hey! I'll have you know, amber, that I was the one who suggested a shoutout for you, knowing that you love Canada. This is the thanks I get? Harrumph. ;)

I didn't write that sign, I just volunteered to hold it. Big difference. Plus, I completely disavow the hockey sign, being a die-hard Leafs fan. So, y'know, I'm safe, right?posted by livii at 3:40 PM on February 19, 2005

But seriously. The T Dot? Who came up with that shit. Shawn Desman? Oh wait.

That's a really good question. The first time I remember hearing it was part of a series of Nike ads on the subway, maybe around the time the Raptors arrived.

And it is a horrible horrible nickname.posted by loquax at 5:55 PM on February 19, 2005

Thanks, people, it was a lot of fun. Good beer, good turnout, and they served peas with my fish—kickass! Sorry I had to leave early.posted by DrJohnEvans at 8:15 PM on February 19, 2005

sorry I missed it, looking forward to the next one, hopefully!posted by nprigoda at 8:42 PM on February 19, 2005

Well, that ended up being an interesting evening... in the OMGWTF sense. A heated discussion on gay marriage ended up with 4 people storming out of the bar... we saw the room turn into white text on a blue background right in front of our eyes. Many of those in attendance expressed regret at not having brought the official shout out pad 'n' pen... It was difficult to express disdain for Ottawa without these implements. Numerous drinks and platters of deep-fried food later, we exited the bar to find that one MeFite's car had been totalled - while sitting in a parking lot - by a completely sober driver. Three other cars were damaged.

All in all, a memorably ribald, drunken, contentious, funny, and generally good-humored event. Jacquilynne, we sincerely hope your next week is way, way, way less eventful.

... more details please! (that sounds fucking awesome! Mayhap the T-Dot isn't so bad after all!)posted by Quartermass at 12:11 AM on February 20, 2005

Oh, yeah, it was a fucking laugh a minute. Really. I especially enjoyed the two hours of standing around in the cold waiting for the cops to not show up. The bigoted guy in the jag was a blast, too. Oooh! Plus the hour of listening to the tow truck driver try to convince me to let him charge me a fortune to tow my car to a garage that would give him kickbacks. Then the hour at the reporting center, that was really fucking awesome. Truly.

The meet-up itself was hella fun. I enjoyed meeting everyone, even the people who stormed out during the argument (though, uh, except for non-mefite Tom, I don't remember who any of them were, sorry). My extra thanks go to stonerose, gesumtewhatever, orange swan and dirtynumbangelboy for standing about in the cold with me and being supportive while I threw a fit of hysteria in the parking lot.posted by jacquilynne at 2:00 AM on February 20, 2005 [1 favorite]

T-Dot is just a shortened form of T.O., which has been Toronto, Ontario's nickname for years and years. I think Maestro (back when he was Maestro Fresh Wes) was one of the first people I really heard using it on a track.posted by Big Fat Tycoon at 4:21 AM on February 20, 2005

sorry i couldn't make it. I was busy with my hobby of totalling cars in parking lots...posted by joelf at 6:20 AM on February 20, 2005

Seriously: people stormed out after an argument? Wow. I've been to a fair number of meetups now and there's never even been an argument that I remember; even the perennially touchy subject of "whose turn is it to buy a round?" gets resolved with a wink and a nod. I'll never think of Toronto as staid again.posted by languagehat at 6:36 AM on February 20, 2005

I'm kinda not surprised. I was only there for a couple of hours, and there'd already been two or three involved discussions to my left. Fortunately, I had some wonderful people to my right and across who were perfectly willing to talk about non-volatile topics like Wisconsin.

Sorry to hear about the car, jacquilynne!posted by DrJohnEvans at 8:55 AM on February 20, 2005

shepd took pictures, but he said he'd have to "develop" them before he could post 'em. Not sure what he meant by "develop". Maybe "photoshop"?posted by DrJohnEvans at 9:00 AM on February 20, 2005

Maybe I'll have a fake beard photoshopped over my real beard.

Or maybe we'll all have Admiral Akbar heads or something.

*crosses fingers and hopes for none of the above*posted by Fuzzy Monster at 9:31 AM on February 20, 2005

Sorry to hear that, jacquilynne! Well, I guess the Ottawa crew was showed.posted by livii at 9:34 AM on February 20, 2005

As we await pictures, I'd like to clear up a few misconceptions:

Fuzzy Monster: Fuzzy, not monstrous.

DrJohnEvans: Not a Dr., not John Evans.

dirtynumbangelboy: Dirty and boy, yes; increasingly numb as the night went on. No angel.posted by stonerose at 9:38 AM on February 20, 2005

It was nice to talk to so many nice mefites. We'll have to do it again soon, if for no other reason than to celebrate the end of Jacquilynne's streak of bad luck.

The bigoted guy in the jag was a blast, too. (Bigot guy was a truly creepy end to the evening. Here's hoping he doesn't come to the next meetup.)posted by gesamtkunstwerk at 10:16 AM on February 20, 2005

Sorry to hear about the car-trashing! What a crappy thing to have to deal with, especially that late at night. On the plus side, I had a great time meeting you all, and thanks for the quality gab.

The mass walkout was a bit surreal, though...Fuzzy and I had more or less just arrived and weren't even aware there was a dispute ongoing until everyone got up and left.posted by The Card Cheat at 10:36 AM on February 20, 2005

Yeah, sorry for ignoring you there, stonerose—I'm just not used to responding to this name at all, ya know?

Pictures will be here soon! They're in the 1 hour photomat! Hope they don't look like hell. I shoulda practiced more.posted by shepd at 12:19 PM on February 20, 2005

I missed a heated discussion? WTF? Fucking $1.00 per half hour parking made me miss that? ARGH. I would have LOVED to take pictures of the people storming out. :-(

I wish I had been there to take pics of the car wreck too. So sorry to hear about that, but it would have made an interesting set of photos. DAMN. Oh well.posted by shepd at 12:21 PM on February 20, 2005

Pictures. Yes, I learned to use a better flash and better film. Don't remind me.posted by shepd at 3:32 PM on February 20, 2005

The page doesn't seem to be loading for me, shepd.posted by DrJohnEvans at 3:58 PM on February 20, 2005

I am the least qualified person to be labelling these; I'm awful with the whole face-name connection thing. My sincerest apologies if any of this is wrong. To the PWUIDC's: I owe you a pint next time.posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:18 PM on February 20, 2005

This one isn't even a bad picture of me! If there's a better quality scan of that one, shep, I'd love a copy. Then I can stop using the current picture of me that I use everywhere, which was taken in a bar, and is thus moderately inappropriate for many of the things I use it for and replace it with this picture of me, which was taken in a bar and is thus moderately inappropriate for many of the things I would like to use it for.posted by jacquilynne at 6:08 AM on February 21, 2005

LOL jacquilynne.

Here's the full negative scan of that picture from the photo lab, jacquilynne.

For those who had trouble accessing the pics, my server reacts badly to load (on purpose... I need some bandwidth too! thanks thttpd). It will be fine now, I'm sure. :-Dposted by shepd at 8:52 AM on February 21, 2005

For those of you keeping track, my car has been returned to me all fixed and shiny, and while I've been forced to pay the deductable, the insurance company still expects to return that money to me.posted by jacquilynne at 6:01 PM on March 1, 2005

Sounds like lots of fun and mayhem ensued... I'll try to get my arse to the next meetup.posted by Ms Snit at 11:00 AM on March 16, 2005

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